Knowing that the path ahead is ICT driven, we have started digital initiatives with the ultimate goal for everyone in Bhutan to have a digital ID, as a build-up for Big Data system

Education is an important tool utilized to equip, capacitate, develop and empower every learner to create and/or sustain development and attain the future we want. The closure of schools and institutions of higher learning due to the pandemic, hashad anunparalleled devastating impact to millions of learners. This has been more pronounced in the developing world, mainly because many of these countries are not adequately equipped to pursue their education virtually. Theimpact of students being out of schoolfor an extended period of time was enormous and a nightmare in many developing countries. The lack of access to digital learning resources was a setback tostudents’ learning opportunities.Upon resumption of classesin the Kingdom of Eswatini, schools had to stagger attendance in order to prevent the snowballing of infections and the spread of the virus,as it evolvesand changesphases

Jamaicais taking an inclusive approach to improvedigital literacy,through increased access to,and use of ICT,by 50% in public institutions, schools and key public areas in the country,over the next four years.We are engaging ourprivate sector to improvethe application of science, technology and innovation ineducational institutions,towardsnational development.

Today, we see some countries receiving a ‘digital dividend’ while others suffer the consequences of a ‘digital divide.’There is need to address urgently the latterin support of COVID-19 adaptationmeasures,response and recovery efforts. Accelerated digitalization, remote work and education, e-commerce and the virtual delivery of essential services, have

he innovative advances we had made allowed usto diversify our capabilities when the virus hit–through e-Government, online education and digital textbooks, and acentral software system which drove a successful vaccination rollout.

Millions of students in low-income countries did not have the resources and technologies to join remote learning facilities, jeopardizing decades of gains in enrollment, literacy rates, etc. We need a global plan to prioritize education recovery by investing in digital tools and services, access to internet, and capacity building of teachers.We also call the UN system to rally partnership and resources to make that happen.

as wella big part of our lifehas been pushed to the digital spaceparents who couldn't go to work theyhave to work from homechildren took part in digital educationand these twohave created a vulnerableand unexperienced group of users ofdigital space and this kind of group isa perfect targeta perfect target for cyber crimethat's why we urgeto put together a strict internationalregulationwhich can protect our children and ourfamiliesfrom spreading extremist ideologieson theinternet of sexual propaganda and ofcyber bullying

hroughout the period of this pandemic our policy of radical inclusion grants tuition-free and safe access to quality education to all learners including pregnant guys parent learners children from poor and rare areas and children living with disabilities coupled with comprehensive school safety measures a revamped curriculum hybrid education technologies credible transition examinations school

throughout the covet period we have promoted the rights to education through creative solutions including nationwide distance learning and hybrid education technologies